Mami King How Ma Mon Luk Found Love, Riches, and the Perfect Bowl of Soup
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Lerner Publishing Group
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Format
ePUB
Kopierschutz
Ja
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
02.04.2024
Illustriert von
Kristin Sorra
Verlag
Lerner Publishing GroupSeitenzahl
(Printausgabe)
Dateigröße
12318 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798765619155
Rejected by the parents of the girl he loves for being poor, Ma Mon Luk strikes out from China and boards a steamship headed for the Philippines in 1918.He vows to make a fortune and return for his beloved. Ma creates a chicken noddle soup he calls mami-"ma" for his name and "mi" for noodles-and peddles it as a street vendor. He eventually earns enough to open his own restaurant and wins the approval of the parents of his true love. Joyful illustrations from award-winning illustrator Kristin Sorra and heartwarming text from debut picture book author Jacqueline Chio-Lauri blend together to create a delicious story about creativity, perseverance, and the perfect bowl of soup. Satisfy your hunger with this Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!"A savory success story."-Booklist"An absolutely wonderful and inspiring story, beautifully illustrated. So much depth, so many layers! But at its core, this is fundamentally a story about the enduring power of love and how that helped Ma Mon Luk to achieve the impossible...A valuable addition to any bookshelf."-Emma Pearl, author of Mending the Moon and Saving the Sun.
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